Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help support economic development in Malawi.

The UK Government continue to explore areas we can support Malawi's reform agenda, including on anti-corruption and inclusive sustainable economic development that supports the poorest. Our new Malawi Trade and Investment Programme will launch this year and will aim to stimulate a step change in Malawi's growth by promoting higher value export sectors, cutting time and costs of trade and logistics, raising international and domestic investment in new exports, and creating jobs and income opportunities.